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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

ARON HERZOG,v OF OSTHOFEN, GERMANY.

` ADJUSTABLE PACKING-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 648,743, dated'May 1,1900.

Application filed June 19, 1899. Serial No. 721,159. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, t may con/cern:

Be it known that I, AEON HERZOG, a subject of the Grand Duke of Hesse,residing at Osthofen, in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, Germany, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in AdjustablePacking-Boxes,

. of which the following is a specification.

The present invention consists of a box for packing tobacco and thelike, of which the size can be regulated by simple and durable means andthe cover or lid of which can be quickly adjusted and secured inposition by means of a peculiar contrivance and is provided with meanswhich permit the application of the usual seals.

In the accompanying` drawings, representing this invention, Figure 1 isa side elevation, partially in section.' Fig. 2 isa section on the line2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a plan.

The body of the box consists of the two parts A and B, of which the onepart, B, is larger than the part A, so that it can slide over the same.-The part B is preferably, although not necessarily, provided withstrengthening-pieces G, secured to the outside of the top and resting onthe edges of the sides of the body, and at the sides are thestrengthening-pieces F. In a similar manner the other part, A, of theboX is provided with transverse strengthening-pieces E at the bottom andvertical pieces D at the sides and longitudinal side strengtheningpieces C. The pieces D are secured at a distance from the surface of thesides equal to the thicknessof the sides of the part B. By thisarrangement it is possible upon sliding the part B over the part A forthe sides of the former to fit tightly between the pieces D and thesides of the part A. The strengthening-pieces D and F are, further, soattached to the sides of the parts A and B, respectively, that uponsliding the two parts on each other these pieces bear one against theother and act as guides. Vith this arrangement it is possible by meansof ordinary screws d, which are passed through the strengtheningpieces Dand into the sides of the part B, to secure the latter in any positionto which it is adjusted, and thus' regulate the height of the entire boxA B according to the goods to be packed.

The cover, which is detachable, is formed by the top of the part B, isin two halves I I', to which are secured the pieces M near the abuttingedges, the ends of said pieces resting on the edges of the sides of thebody part B, and the joint is covered by the intermediate detachablepiece N, which is held at the one end by the clamp K and isl secured atthe other end by means of a common screw L. The two halves I and I arethus prevented by cross-pieces G and M from falling into the part B,while the pieces H 'and N prevent them from rising; but on removing thepiece N each section of the cover can be withdrawn.

Vithout limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement ofparts shown and described, I claim- 1. A packing-box, adjustable insize, consisting of two parts A and B, one of which slides upon theother, with guides D and F, and securing-screws d, d, substantially asdescribed.

' 2. The combination of the two parts A, B, the former fitting into thelatter, guide-strips F F on the outside of the part B, and guidestrips DD supported beyond the part A to engage the strips F F, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination in a packing-box, of a body provided withcross-pieces H H, and a lid in two parts fitting within the body andeach part provided with cross-pieces G M with their ends resting on thesides of the body part, and a detachable strip N between the twocross-pieces IWI N, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

ARON HERZOG.

Vitnesses:

JACOB ADRIAN, CARL KATZ..

